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Arizona Governor Signs Into Law Abortion Restrictions For Genetic Abnormalities

May 12, 2021

On April 27, 2021, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 1457, which makes it a Class 6 felony to perform an abortion solely because of a genetic abnormality, use force or threat to intimidate a person to have an abortion because of a genetic abnormality of the child, or accep[...]

Arizona Court Of Appeals Affirms Plaintiff Failed To Prove Causation In Post-Surgical Medical Malpractice Case

April 12, 2021

Arizona Medical Malpractice Laws To prove medical negligence, a plaintiff must provide evidence that the defendant failed to meet the applicable professional standard of care and defendant’s failure proximately caused plaintiff’s injuries. A.R.S. § 12-563. To establish proximate cause, the plai[...]

Arizona Lawsuit Against Costco For Disclosing Erectile Dysfunction Prescription To Patient’s Ex-Wife

March 27, 2021

In its opinion filed on March 8, 2021, the Supreme Court of the State of Arizona (“Arizona Supreme Court”) stated, “Section 12-2296 affords healthcare providers immunity from liability for damages if they acted in good faith when disclosing medical information pursuant to applicabl[...]

Arizona Appellate Court Affirms Defense Verdict For Unwitnessed Fall From Treadmill During Physical Therapy

December 20, 2020

The Arizona Court of Appeals Division One (“Arizona Appellate Court”), in its decision dated December 1, 2020, affirmed a defense verdict for a provider of physical therapy services arising out of the serious brain injury suffered by a patient who evidently fell from a treadmill during p[...]

Arizona Appellate Court Affirms New Trial For Defendants In Medical Negligence Lawsuit

August 19, 2020

The Arizona Court of Appeals Division One (“Arizona Appellate Court”) held in its Memorandum Decision filed on July 14, 2020 that the trial court did not err in granting a new trial to an Arizona medical malpractice defendant because the defendant was wrongfully denied a jury instruction[...]

Arizona Appellate Court Disallows Discovery Of Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Beneficiaries’ Medical Records

July 30, 2020

Charles Heaphy died in December 2017 while in the care of health care provider Willow Canyon. The decedent’s wife subsequently filed an Arizona wrongful death action, grounded in medical malpractice, against Willow Canyon and others. The statutory beneficiaries included the decedent’s wi[...]

Arizona County Jail Alleges Contract Psychiatrist May Be Liable For Inmate’s Hanging Death

July 16, 2020

Cochise County, Arizona recently filed notice in a pending lawsuit involving the suicide hanging death of a county inmate, arguing that if it is found liable for the death, the psychiatrist who provided mental health services to the county as an independent contractor should be responsible to pay th[...]

Arizona Bankruptcy Lawyer Agreed To Handle Arizona Medical Malpractice Case And Suffered The Consequences For His Inexperience And Wrongful Conduct

May 26, 2020

An Arizona lawyer whose speciality was bankruptcy got involved in representing six creditors in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case involving an Arizona doctor. Meanwhile, through separate counsel, two of the creditors filed an Arizona medical malpractice lawsuit against the doctor. The Arizona medical malp[...]

Arizona Appellate Court Rules Surgeon May Be Liable For Battery For Upsizing Breast Implant

May 25, 2020

The Arizona Court of Appeals Division One (“Arizona Appellate Court”) ruled in its Memorandum Decision filed on April 7, 2020 that the trial court had improperly granted summary judgment to the defendant breast surgeon for the Arizona medical malpractice plaintiff’s claim that the [...]

Arizona Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Defendant Surgeon In Res Ipsa Loquitur Medical Malpractice Claim

August 18, 2019

The Arizona Court of Appeals Division One (“Arizona Appellate Court”), in its Memorandum Decision filed on July 30, 2019, held that the Arizona medical malpractice plaintiff’s reliance on res ipsa loquitur in her claim against the defendant surgeon failed because her expert’s[...]

Arizona Nursing Home Resident In Vegetative State For Over 14 Years Gives Birth At The Nursing Home

January 13, 2019

An Arizona nursing home resident who has been in a vegetative state for fourteen years since she experienced a near-drowning event, and who has been a resident of the Arizona nursing home for at least ten years, unexpectedly gave birth at the nursing home on December 29, 2018. A source reportedly st[...]

Arizona Dental Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Dentist Falsified His Anesthesia Credentials

January 6, 2019

An Arizona dental malpractice lawsuit was filed on December 7, 2018 against the plaintiff’s dentist, alleging that the defendant dentist falsified his credentials regarding his ability and authority to administer anesthesia during dental procedures, which the plaintiff first learned about shor[...]

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